pocketbook

Plural: pocketbooks

Noun

• your personal financial means
  • "that car is too expensive for my pocketbook"
• a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
• pocket-sized paperback book
• a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
• A purse or handbag.
• A wallet for paper money.
• One's personal budget or financial capacity; the amount one can afford.
• A small book, particularly (US) a paperback or (UK) notebook able to fit into a pocket (of any genre, from reference work to fine art).
• A small book, particularly (US) a paperback or (UK) notebook able to fit into a pocket (of any genre, from reference work to fine art).
• A romance novel published as a small paperback.

Examples

• The publishers brought out small format pocketbooks of the whole of their nature series.

Synonyms

bag, billfold, handbag, notecase, pocket book, pocket edition, purse, wallet, pocket

Related Words

pocket-sized, pocketable, vade mecum